Nicholas Xander Davis

Learning lessons from those on the front lines of capitalist environmental destruction

Science and religion have always been at each other’s throats, right?

Earthquakes. Wildfires. Floods. Drought. Tornadoes. Snakes in the sea, mountain lions, and a plague of bees.

Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. Starting at `The

Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. A breath of fres

From trailblazing political activist Angela Y. Davis, a major new collection of essays and interviews that argue for a radical rethinking of our priso

The clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost won his case when a man with a wooden leg swaggered into the French courtroom, denounced du Tilh, and ree

To receive a royal pardon in sixteenth-century France for certain kinds of homicide—unpremeditated, unintended, in self-defense, or otherwise excusabl

In this gem of a book, Natalie Zemon Davis explores the role of gifts in Renaissance France. From the King's bounty to the beggar's alms, from the la

A dazzling act of literary-critical rebellion, casting new light on the lives of David Bowie and Enid Blyton -- .

A new collection of short fiction from the critically acclaimed master of the form and winner of the Man Booker International Prize, Lydia Davis

The trial of Angela Davis is remembered as one of America's most historic political trials, and no one can tell the story better than Davis herself. O

'Winter warmers' biedt 60 hartverwarmende cocktails voor de koude dagen. Steek je open haard maar aan en ga aan de slag om klassiekers als Hot Toddy e

Mensen komen kortstondig samen in een trein, een restaurant of op straat; gesprekken worden zijdelings opgevangen en verkeerd begrepen; een klein kind

The first history of all the English cathedrals, from Birmingham and Bury St Edmunds to Worcester and York Minster

From the bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold book that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion,

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